It’s Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues in School — which boldly turned the minefield of teaching about LGBTQ+ issues in elementary schools into a navigable playing field — was instrumental in bringing queer issues into elementary school curricula. According to Nancy Otto, Debra Chasnoff’s wife of 17 years, “She had an uncanny talent at taking very complicated or controversial concepts and distilling them in ways that were easily understood. Chas and her films opened people’s hearts.”